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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-09-21 13:50:58 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-09-28 15:02:32 +0100 |
| commit | 89621b137eba2b0678eff5abf4ee57134946d3ef (patch) | |
| tree | 560821b869a31aaee95dac217865b16508a712c1 /documentation/ref-manual | |
| parent | 959a0620961d5404f826d3545109bb08057fe391 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-89621b137eba2b0678eff5abf4ee57134946d3ef.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: Updated "Viewing Variable Values" section.
Fixes [YOCTO #10292]
I added an additional paragraph at the end of the section that
provided more detail on what the bitbake -e and bitbake -e recipe
commands provide in the way output.
(From yocto-docs rev: 1dcdb6781105f046328271e2b4ba7d875b222dcf)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml | 32 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml index b63e031425..75ee86f4f6 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml @@ -246,6 +246,38 @@ export CC="i586-poky-linux-gcc -m32 -march=i586 --sysroot=/home/ulf/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/qemux86" </literallayout> </para> + + <para> + In addition to variable values, the output of the + <filename>bitbake -e</filename> and + <filename>bitbake -e</filename> <replaceable>recipe</replaceable> + commands includes the following information: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para> + The output starts with a tree listing all configuration + files and classes included globally, recursively listing + the files they include or inherit in turn. + Much of the behavior of the OpenEmbedded build system + (including the behavior of the + <link linkend='normal-recipe-build-tasks'>normal recipe build tasks</link>) + is implemented in the + <link linkend='ref-classes-base'><filename>base</filename></link> + class and the classes it inherits, rather than being built + into BitBake itself. + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> + After the variable values, all functions appear in the + output. + For shell functions, variables referenced within the + function body are expanded. + If a function has been modified using overrides or + using override-style operators like + <filename>_append</filename> and + <filename>_prepend</filename>, then the final assembled + function body appears in the output. + </para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> </section> <section id='viewing-package-information-with-oe-pkgdata-util'> |